Undergraduate courses offered by the Faculty
Bachelor of Science (SBS) – Melbourne (Bundoora)
The Bachelor of Science is a general degree program that provides students with flexibility to combine studies in their chosen areas of science (subject to satisfying the relevant prerequisites). Areas of study available in the faculty are:
- agricultural science
- biochemistry
- botany
- chemistry
- computer science
- electronics
- environmental science
- genetics
- mathematics
- mathematics and statistics
- microbiology
- physics
- psychology1
- space science
- statistics
- zoology.
Key: 1 Enrolment in psychology is subject to students achieving the minimum ENTER requirement for entry into the Bachelor of Psychological Science degree.
After a broad first year of study, students may take major studies in any of these areas through to third year. Students who qualify for entry are eligible to proceed to an Honours year in their relevant area of science.
Specialisations
Students who include the compulsory subjects detailed below for one of the specialisations available within the Bachelor of Science, will have their academic record and testamur annotated accordingly, eg, Bachelor of Science with a specialisation in Statistics.
Course structure
To qualify for the Bachelor of Science, students must complete subjects to the value of 360 credit points, normally 120 credit points at each of first, second and third year levels. Up to a total of 130 credit points may be taken outside the faculty. Specific requirements for each year level are given below. Students must establish at least one major area of study in science by taking a sequence as outlined in requirements for majors or specialisations below. Within these requirements, subject selection is limited only by timetable clashes, prerequisite and co-requisite needs, quotas, and specific exclusions relating to incompatible subjects.
First year
Students choose subjects to the value of 90 credit points from science subjects, with the remaining 30 credit points selected from first year subjects offered by the Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering, or by other faculties of the University. Students must choose subjects at first year level that will lead to the completion of a major area of study in science (60 credit points) at third year level.
Second year
Students choose 80 credit points from subjects offered by the Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering which should include 40 credit points from one area of study. The remaining 40 credit points are selected from second year subjects offered by this or other faculties.
Third year
Students choose subjects to the value of 60 credit points in one of the areas of study, with the remaining 60 credit points selected from third year subjects offered by this or other faculties.
Honours
Honours degree students are selected based on their performance in the final year of the pass degree course. Students must obtain a minimum average of 60% across all of their third year subjects and obtain at least 65% in subjects germane to the Honours discipline to the value of 60 credit points. Some departments may set higher entrance standards than these. An Honours year may be taken in any of the departments contributing to the pass degree course for which they have the appropriate prerequisites.